Dedegbe Surname
Approximately 295 people bear this surname
Dedegbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 246 | 1:42,015 | 5,396 |
| Senegal | 20 | 1:728,967 | 2,654 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
The alternate forms: Dédégbé (1) are calculated separately.
Dedegbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dedegbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dedegbe occurs most in Benin. It can also appear as a variant: Dédégbé. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dedegbe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 904,049th most common family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 24,703,545 people. The surname Dedegbe is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Dedegbe reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Dedegbe is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 246 people, or 1 in 42,015. In Benin Dedegbe is mostly concentrated in: Zou Department, where 36 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 33 percent reside and Ouémé Department, where 12 percent reside. Beside Benin this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Senegal, where 7 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dedegbeu | 93 | 8 | / |
| Dadegbe | 86 | 38 | / |
| Dedogbe | 86 | 13 | / |
| Didegbe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dédégbé | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dedagbe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dedegwe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dedegue | 86 | 1 | / |
| Didagbe | 71 | 322 | / |
| Dodogbe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Dedigba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dedeque | 71 | 1 | / |
| Desdeque | 67 | 10 | / |
| Dedekoue | 67 | 3 | / |
| Didegoue | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dedekwey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dedigwa | 57 | 2 | / |
| Didigba | 57 | 1 | / |
| Dedigui | 57 | 1 | / |
| Desdique | 53 | 9 | / |
| Dedigoue | 53 | 1 | / |
| Dedekwai | 53 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dedegbe
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